hobak

Chickasaw

Etymology

Possibly from hoba +‎ -k (nominal formative). Compare Choctaw hobak.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ho.bak/

Noun

hobak (alienable)

1. sterile person or animal
2. infertile person or animal

Inflection

Class III Noun Possession (Alienable)

Nouns in nasal consonants m- or n-, or «airflow» consonants f-, h-, l-, lh-, s-, sh-, w-, y-	Singular	Plural	Inclusive Tri-Plural
1st-person ("my, our")	a̠hobak a̠-hobak	po̠hobak po̠-hobak	hapo̠hobak hapo̠-hobak
2nd-person ("thy, your")	chi̠hobak chi̠-hobak	hachi̠hobak hachi̠-hobak
3rd-person ("his, her, its, their")	i̠hobak i̠-hobak

Derived terms

• hobak ikbi
• hobak ishtikbiꞌ
• ittiꞌ hobak

 

Choctaw

Etymology

Compare Chickasaw hobak.

Noun

hobak

1. eunuch, castrated person or animal
2. coward; an insult

References

• Cyrus Byington, John Reed Swanton, Henry Sale Halbert, A Dictionary of the Choctaw Language (1915)